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White Workers are Dying: KPFK 11/11

LISTEN onlineHERE iTunes podcastHEREThe white working class is dying – literally. Their death rate in middle age is rising, while that of all other Americans continues to fall. It’s a shocking discovery, and a revealing one. We’ll have comment from HAROLD MEYERSON—he wrote about it for the Washington Post op-ed page.

Also: In 1692, Massachusetts executed 14 women, 5 men, and 2 dogs for witchcraft. We had another“witch-hunt” in the 1950s, with McCarthyism, and after 9-11, with the roundup of young Muslim men. STACY SCHIFF explains—her new book is The Witches: Salem 1692. (Our conversation was held at the L.A. Central Library as part of the Library Foundation’s ALOUD series; listen to the ALOUD podcast HERE.)

Plus: KPFK Sports! DAVE ZIRIN analyzes the campaign against racism at the U. of Missouri, where the football team led a startlingly successful movement—refusing to play until the president resigned. Dave is sports editor of The Nation.

Trump Watch

Stories about Trump has actually done, not just what he’s tweeted.
Also: reports on The Resistance.
The Trump Watch podcast is the online version of “Trump Watch” on KPFK radio, hosted by Jon Wiener and broadcast live most Thursdays at 3pm at 90.7FM in LA, also streaming live at www.kpfk.org:
New episodes posted every Thursday evening.